Business Analyst

Business Analyst

Description

Our Direct client has an exciting new opportunity to join our clients growing IT Team. The Business Analyst will work closely with the business (Executives, HR, Commercial, IT, Legal, Business Resiliency, Corporate Communications) and technical teams and is a major contributor to the requirements specification deliverable, writes the business and functional requirements. This person understands business and ensures that there is integration between business and technology. Performs feasibility analysis, scopes projects, and works with the project management team to prioritize deliverables and negotiate product functionalities. The BA understands development processes – SDLC – and is very analytical with problem-solving and conflict resolution skills to help identify, communicate and resolve issues.

Responsibilities:
• Performs feasibility analysis, scopes projects, and works with the project management team to prioritizes deliverables, and negotiate product functionalities
• Partners with development and analytic teams to brainstorm solutions and provide reporting on software solutions
• Creates detailed Business Requirement Document (BRD) and process flows and translates them into functional specifications
• Provides analytic support by coordinating data extraction from various databases and data interpretation
• Ability to toggle between process centric environment but can also operate in a nimble responsive fashion
• Performs product research and vendor management
• Participates in Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Functionality Testing
• Ability to create prototypes and facilitate review sessions with stakeholders
• Ability to handle various size and multiple projects simultaneously
• Build relationships with all levels, up to c suite

Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or IT or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of experience working as a Functional, Data or Business Analyst
• 5+ years’ experience in Excel(Advanced), Visio, and MS Project
• 5+ years of customer interfacing experience – project oversight, customer presentation
• SQL Server 2012/2014 experience – T-SQL, Tables, Views
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Aviation/Transportation experience preferred
• Strong ability to handle multiple challenges at once
• Works well individually and in group settings